Category: HPA & Short Act in HR1

BREAKING: Gun Owners of America is reporting that Democrats in the Senate plan to raise a point of order tonight against the provision in H.R. 1 that repeals the $200 NFA tax stamp for suppressors, short-barreled rifles, short-barreled shotguns, and AOWs. What is a Point of Order?A point of order…

Congress is on the verge of enacting legislation that will repeal the $200 federal tax on suppressors—commonly called silencers— as well as Short Barreled Rifles (SBR), Short Barreled Shotguns (SBS) and Any Other Weapons (AOW) but not repeal the registry requirement created by the 1934 National Firearms Act (NFA). While…

Big news: Gun Owners of America is reporting that the Senate Parliamentarian has allowed the revised provisions repealing the $200 NFA transfer and making taxes for suppressors, short-barreled rifles, short-barreled shotguns, and AOWs to remain in the bill. What This Means:✅ The language survived the Byrd Bath.✅ It will proceed…

The Senate may have just delivered a historic step by voting to zero out the $200 NFA tax for suppressors, short-barreled rifles, short-barreled shotguns, and AOWs. But make no mistake: this fight isn’t over—and stopping here would be a huge mistake. There’s still time to finish the job and repeal…

The Senate has released new text confirming what many suspected: the One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) will include a partial repeal of the National Firearms Act tax. Under the language in Section 70436, the $200 transfer and making taxes will be reduced to $0 for all NFA items except machine…

The Senate Parliamentarian’s decision to carve up the One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) has triggered an absolute firestorm. Gun rights advocates, fiscal conservatives, and pro-energy voices are all calling for her removal after she ruled key provisions violated the Byrd Rule. But here’s the uncomfortable truth: firing her won’t save…

The Senate Parliamentarian’s ruling may have gutted the Hearing Protection Act (HPA) and the SHORT Act from the One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB), but it hasn’t ended the fight to dismantle the National Firearms Act (NFA). If anything, it’s clarified exactly where gun rights activists and lawmakers must focus next….

The Senate Parliamentarian (as expected) has ruled that the Hearing Protection Act (HPA) and the SHORT Act do not meet the requirements of the Byrd Rule and must be removed from HR1, also dubbed the “One Big Beautiful Bill” (OBBB). It was a blow to legislation that many in the…